laundry list
noun Informal.
a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
Origin of laundry list
First recorded in 1955–60
Words nearby laundry list
launderette,
laundress,
laundrette,
laundromat,
laundry,
laundry list,
laundryman,
laundrywoman,
laura,
lauraceous,
lauraldehyde
Example sentences from the Web for laundry list
At times the speech had a laundry-list, State of the Union flavor, with lines about creating “600,000 jobs in natural gas alone.”
British Dictionary definitions for laundry list
laundry list
noun
US and Canadian
a list of items perceived as being long
a laundry list of complaints